1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463097003321

Autore

Martin Dale B. <1954->

Titolo

New Testament history & literature [[electronic resource] /] / Dale B. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-299-46435-1

0-300-18219-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Collana

Open Yale courses series

Disciplina

225.6/1

Soggetti

Christian literature, Early - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Map -- 1. Introduction: Why Study the New Testament -- 2. The Development of the Canon -- 3. The Greco- Roman World -- 4. Ancient Judaism -- 5. The New Testament as a Historical Source: A Comparison of Acts and Paul's Letters -- 6. The Gospel of Mark -- 7. The Gospel of Matthew -- 8. The Gospel of Thomas -- 9. The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, Part 1: Structure and Themes -- 10. The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, Part 2: Editing the Beginnings of Christianity -- 11. The Gospel of John -- 12. The Letters of John and the Spread of Christianity -- 13. The Historical Jesus -- 14. Paul as Missionary: 1 Thessalonians -- 15. Paul as Pastor: Philemon and 1 and 2 Corinthians -- 16. Paul as Jewish Theologian: Galatians and Romans -- 17. Colossians and Ephesians -- 18. Differing Christians: Christology, Faith, and Works -- 19. The Pro- household Paul: The Pastoral Epistles -- 20. The Anti- household Paul: The Acts of Paul and Thecla -- 21. Hebrews and Biblical Interpretation -- 22. Premodern Biblical Interpretation -- 23. Apocalypticism as Resistance -- 25. The Development of Ecclesiastical Institutions: Ignatius and the Didache -- Epilogue: Christianity after the New Testament Period -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject and Author Index -- Index of Scripture Citations



Sommario/riassunto

In this engaging introduction to the New Testament, Professor Dale B. Martin presents a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements. Focusing mainly on the New Testament, he also considers nonbiblical Christian writings of the era. Martin begins by making a powerful case for the study of the New Testament. He next sets the Greco-Roman world in historical context and explains the place of Judaism within it. In the discussion of each New Testament book that follows, the author addresses theological themes, then emphasizes the significance of the writings as ancient literature and as sources for historical study. Throughout the volume, Martin introduces various early Christian groups and highlights the surprising variations among their versions of Christianity.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787640203321

Autore

Clooney Francis X (Francis Xavier), <1950->

Titolo

His hiding place is darkness : a Hindu-Catholic theopoetics of divine absence / / Francis X. Clooney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-8880-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Encountering Traditions

Encountering traditions

Disciplina

261.2/45

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions - Hinduism

Hidden God

Hinduism - Relations - Christianity

Vaishnavism - Hymns - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; A Note on Editions and Translations of the Song of Songs, Holy Word of Mouth, and Commentaries; Act One: Missing Him; Entr'acte One: Love In-between; Act Two: Spiritual Exercises in Times of



Absence; Entr'acte Two: Writing Theology after the Hiding of the Beloved; Act Three: In the End; Epilogue: Jesus, the Beloved; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

His Hiding Place is Darkness explores the uncertainties of faith and love in a pluralistic age. In keeping with his conviction that studying multiple religious traditions intensifies rather than attenuates religious devotion, Francis Clooney's latest work of comparative theology seeks a way beyond today's religious and interreligious uncertainty by pairing a fresh reading of the absence of the beloved in the Biblical Song of Songs with a pioneering study of the same theme in the Holy Word of Mouth (9th century CE), a classic of Hindu mystical poetry rarely studied in the West.<